The following background may be needed to attend our courses
Basic Microeconomics
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The Market
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Budget Constraint
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Preferences
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Utility
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Choice
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Demand
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Buying and Selling
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Market Demand
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Equilibrium
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Exchange
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Welfare
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Asymetric Information
As a reference for this part see the book: R. Varian: Intermediate Microeconomics with Calculus.
Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 15, 16, 31, 33, 37.
Basic Macroeconomics
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The Goods Market
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Financial Markets
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Goods and Financial Markets: The IS-LM Model
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The Labor Market
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The AS/AD Model
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The Phillips Curve, the Natural Rate of Unemployment, and Inflation
As a reference for this part see the book: Olivier Blanchard, David W. Johnson: Macroeconomics,
Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Basic Calculus
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Review of Functions, Graphs, Inequalities
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Logs and Exponential Functions
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Limit of Sequences
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Differentiation, Computing Derivatives
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Applications of Derivatives
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Max and min of Functions
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Integration and Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
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Matrix and Vector Calcullus
As a reference for this part see the book: V. C. Mavron: Elements of Mathematics for Economics and Finance.
Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11.
Basic Financial Mathematic
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Simple and Compound Interest
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Future Value and Present Value of Cash Flows
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Valuation of Annuities
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Amortization
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Applications in Business and Economics
As a reference for this part visit the link: http://www.pearsonhighered.com/lgrseries/combo/assets/images/other/lgr-combo-ch5.pdf
Corporate Finance and Valuation:
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Foundation of corporate finance, investment, capital stricture and dividends principles.
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Corporate Finance and governance, Agency Theory and Stakeholders approach
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Notions of risk and return: Definition of Risk, Risk diversification, Risk-return Models (CAPM, APM, Multifactorial models)
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Capital budgeting techniques (NPV, IRR, Profitability Index)
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Capital Structure and corporate value
As a reference for this parte you can use: Damodaran A., Applied Corporate Finance, 3rd edition, Wiley
Chapters: 1, 2, 3 4, 5, 7
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Foundations of Enterprise Risk Management
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Foundations of valuation methods
As a reference for this part you can use: Andersen T.J. Garvey M. Roggi O. Managing risk and Opportunity, Oxford University Press.
Chapter 3
Roggi O.: Finanza Aziendale, Franco Angeli,
Chapter 3